Kodály: Duo, Op 7; Serenade, Op 12;
Dohnányi: Serenade, Op 10

A generous and
well-recorded
programme of
20th-century
Hungarian chamber
works. The key work
here is the Kodály
Duo for violin and cello: there is a freshness
to the playing and delight in the felicitous
writing. The folk-inspired Serenade for two
violins and viola is slighter, but no less
appealing. The Dohnányi is the earliest
piece on the disc: each movement is
well-characterised and finely nuanced.
Smith and his fellow musicians respond
with focus and verve in a fine follow-up to
last year’s solo recital on the same label.